Star Wars: The Old Republic Won't be Available at Launch in Australia

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BioWare's eagerly anticipated Star Wars MMO won't be available outside of North America and Europe at launch.

By Stephen Lambrechts

Bad news for people outside of North America and Europe, as developer BioWare has confirmed that its upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic does not have a launch timeframe for all of the other territories around the world.

As first reported on Kotaku, BioWare has revealed that it cannot commit to any timeframe for an Australian release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, or any other release outside of North America and Europe.

BioWare posted this official statement on its community forums:

To all of our fans outside of North America and Europe:

Today we've announced the pre-order details for the initial launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and as you may now know, we've taken the difficult but necessary decision to limit our initial launch supply for the game. BioWare and LucasArts are completely focused on building an exceptional game and an exceptional game service to go with it. We decided to constrain our launch capacity to ensure we deliver a great experience to every player.

Part of the reason this decision was made was because of the overwhelming demand for The Old Republic, and we're humbled by that level of excitement and anticipation. We fully intend to deliver to you an amazing game when we expand our service post-launch, but right now we cannot commit to any timeframe for when that may happen. As soon as we have more information about additional launches in more territories, we'll let you know.

We are committed to delivering Star Wars: The Old Republic to BioWare and Star Wars fans around the world, and to growing a truly global community.

Bad news for those of you that are feverishly anticipating the game, but we will keep you up to date with release information as it becomes available.